Systems and methods for seismic data acquisition employing asynchronous, decoupled data sampling and transmission
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1. A method comprising:
- a) initiating one or more seismic sources;
b) asynchronously acquiring reflected analog seismic data using a sensor system, the sensor system comprising a plurality of sensor modules, each comprising a seismic sensor, an A/D converter (ADC) for generating digitized seismic data from the analog data, a digital signal processor (DSP), and a sensor module clock;
c) transmitting at least some of the digitized seismic data to a data recording station via a data transmission sub-system comprising a high precision clock having a high precision clock frequency; and
d) correcting clock frequency drift of each sensor module clock relative to the data transmission sub-system high precision clock frequency by configuring each sensor module to periodically receive from the sub-system an amount of drift of the sensor module clock relative to the high precision clock.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for asynchronously acquiring seismic data are described, one system comprising one or more seismic sources, a plurality of sensor modules each comprising a seismic sensor, an A/D converter for generating digitized seismic data, a digital signal processor (DSP), and a sensor module clock; a seismic data recording station; and a seismic data transmission sub-system comprising a high precision clock, the sub-system allowing transmission of at least some of the digitized seismic data to the recording station, wherein each sensor module is configured to periodically receive from the sub-system an amount of the drift of its clock relative to the high precision clock.
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1. A method comprising:
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a) initiating one or more seismic sources; b) asynchronously acquiring reflected analog seismic data using a sensor system, the sensor system comprising a plurality of sensor modules, each comprising a seismic sensor, an A/D converter (ADC) for generating digitized seismic data from the analog data, a digital signal processor (DSP), and a sensor module clock; c) transmitting at least some of the digitized seismic data to a data recording station via a data transmission sub-system comprising a high precision clock having a high precision clock frequency; and d) correcting clock frequency drift of each sensor module clock relative to the data transmission sub-system high precision clock frequency by configuring each sensor module to periodically receive from the sub-system an amount of drift of the sensor module clock relative to the high precision clock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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